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I Capture the Castle

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A romantic comedy by Dodie Smith.
[Excerpts featuring] the Oldham Repertory Theatre Club

The action of the play takes place in the kitchen of an old house grafted on to the ruins of Godsend Castle, Suffolk, built by Etienne de Godys in 1332. Time: between March and October in the middle nineteen-thirties
A special performance before an invited audience at the Coliseum Theatre, Oldham (by arrangement with the Oldham Repertory Theatre Club)

Contributors

Author:
Dodie Smith
Stage Director:
Harry Lomax
Setting:
Eric Briers
Television Presentation:
Barney Colehan
Rose Mortmain:
Janet Munro
Topaz Mortmain:
Rosina Enright
Thomas Mortmain:
Wilfrid Downing
Stephen Colly:
Tony Tanner
James Mortmain:
Ronald Magill
Miss Marcy:
Madeleine Newbury
Simon Cotton:
Ronald Richards
Neil Cotton:
Philip Whittle
The Vicar:
Peter Kennaby
Ivy Stebbins:
Anna Gymer
Mrs. Cotton:
Barbara Ashcroft
Leda Fox-Cotton:
Shelagh Wood
Aubrey Fox-Cotton:
Keith Marsh

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